SACKS, Leon, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa.,
October 7, 1902; attended the public schools; was graduated from the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1923, and from the
law department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1926; was admitted to the
bar in 1926 and commenced the practice of law in Philadelphia, Pa.; appointed
deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania in February 1935 and served until
January 1937; elected as a member of the Democratic State committee in 1936 and
served until 1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the two
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943); was an unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress; served at Army
Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel, from January 4, 1943, to January 10, 1946; resumed the practice of his
profession; member of State Veterans Commission 1951-1969; chairman,
registration commission of Philadelphia 1952-1965; member of Military
Reservations Commission 1957-1967; died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 11, 1972;
interment in Shalom Memorial Park.